General September Weather

[Razor]

in 20 years time we should be able to ask you what the weather was like on the day you got married, and you should be able to remember then Razor....you might not remember what the bride was wearing though!

Haha I think there will be enough photo's that I'll never forget that. Couldn't have asked for a better day for it

[RODALCO]

http://youtu.be/4p4Wb-vCx1A

A couple of short clips from yesterdays downpour in Auckland, Northwestern Motorway, Northcote, Glenfield, Wairau Valley

[Orion]

Great start to spring here with 19.4 degrees currently. High cloud with the sun through thin high cloud and a light N-NE breeze. Looking like some mild to warm days ahead over the next 10-12 days with some cooler spells as well.

I got married during that. Magic day.

Felicitations and congratulations on your marriage!

[Orion]

Twenty degrees celsius here now.

[Razor]

Thank you Orion!

[snowstormwatcher]

Up to 19 degrees here today with a strong NW wind.

[NZstorm]

Rainfall accumulation for next 3 days gfs.

The front over the west of the North Island Saturday has a low level jet (2000ft wind) NW of 60kts so I think Taranaki/Waitomo's rainfall will come in higher the 50mm shown.

[CHCH Weather Chaser]

Very mild start out there 17 degrees at the moment and didnt drop much below that last night by the looks. Looking like some very warm days for this time of year ahead over the next 3 or 4 days.

[Andy]

Very mild start today! currently 15 degrees

[snowstormwatcher]

Very mild here also. Currently 14.5 degrees with a strong NW.

[snowstormwatcher]

20 degrees here now. Cant beleave How warm its been lately, Feels more like Early summer not early spring.

[moylanr]

Woken by 1/4 hr of heavy rain

[Richard]

yes same shower past over here too,the wife said "oh no the washing on the line",i said "don't worry about it,its the kind of weather where it will be dry again in five minutes"

[tgsnoopy]

I see a bit of a clobbering going on in the south at the moment

NZ TOA Lightning Detection

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[snowstormwatcher]

Had a few claps of Thunder and some sheet lightning here Just after Midnight, Must have spilled over from the West coast.

Mild Again this morning on 11 degrees.

[NZstorm]

Had a few claps of Thunder and some sheet lightning here Just after Midnight, Must have spilled over from the West coast.

The satellite pic last night had the spill over look to it.

[NZstorm]

Looks like Taranaki to kapiti Coast is the spot for squally thunderstorms with hail over the North Island over the weekend.
A couple of significant polar troughs, one later tomorrow and the another later Sunday.
The Sunday pm event comes a bit further north so maybe western Waikato will be affected?

Looks like a nice cold blast on the cards for the southwest of NZ early week!

[Richard]

Had a few claps of Thunder and some sheet lightning here Just after Midnight, Must have spilled over from the West coast.

Mild Again this morning on 11 degrees.

I like that type of lightning when it happens here,we get it on at least two or three occasions a year when the NW is behaving like it is at the moment thats why i thought we may have had some this morning when it rained at 5.00am.

Was the lightning directly overhead snowstormwatcher

[snowstormwatcher]

Was the lightning directly overhead snowstormwatcher

Not directly overhead but surprisingly close to Fairlie, Normally NW lightning is way over the mountains and is hardly visible from Town, but this time it was well East the mountains and was close enough to light the house up.

[David]

Mostly cloudy again here - at least it's been nice and mild.
Looks like you some very strong NW'ers coming up at your place Brian...

[einzack]

Certainly had some lightning activity on the West Coast overnight.
In Reefton it started at 3.30am with some very good ones at 4:30am which cut our power for 4-5 hours.

[moylanr]

Re: Disturbed Westerly, Assoc Low Pressure Systems, 7-10 Sept
Indeed it was- and just to make you all jealous my wife actually woke me up at 4am to see the storm as she didn't want me to miss it, and she knew how much I (we) love watching them

You win . My wife's just choosen a Jucy campervan so we can head south while her parents look after our children next week. I hope the "showers and cold southwesterlies" disappear from the forecast as that wont make for the best "3rd honeymoon" as she's kind of solar powered (but does want to loop through Dunedin and Alexandra at this time of year).

I'll look out for your advice closer to the time to see if we need to take gumboots...

[Manukau heads obs]

as she's kind of solar powered

funny

[jamie]

I've had my new house up on hydrolic jacks for all of today and due to the weather it's staying 1.5m in the air on the jacks for the night. A bit scary today with the 65km+ gusts we keep getting. This weather has not been good for moving a house onto a property.

[Manukau heads obs]

ohhhhh....

wind is slowly easing here...still SW to WSW
temperature dropped alot....under 10C...coldest night for a while for here